Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-12-01

DRUNKENNESS AND LABOR TROUBLES.
Mr., Powderly, in a recent Interview
in the New York Herald, is reported
as saying: "There is no disgrace deep
er and more marked than the disgrace
that hovers around the drunkard.
They impose upon US in the Order.
They bring on trouble between en-
ployers and honest workingmen. They
go to work drunk. are discharged, and,
SOLDERING up, they appear before their
assemblies and present their griev
ances. But one side is heard, and the
complainant seems to be N uch-abus-
ed man. Are We justified in keeping
such impestors with us? Can we ex-
cuse men who wilfully neglect their
duty as employees and as wilfully de-
Jude their brother-workmen? Yet /
myself am called upon frequently to
take hand in the settlement of labor
troubles attributable to this cause. Re-
Gently I had occasion to interfere in a
dispute of large proportions, wherein
the hands sought t o susts in one of their
number who had been discharged. He
had represented himself as badly
treated man, and had SO worked upon
the feelings of his fellows that they
supported him at a sacrifice of work
and pay. What did he do to cause
discharge? He went to the workshop
n nh l.
strange place, and it fell down into a
tub of valua ble liquid, spelling it. Was
that case to make fight on? think
not.". 49,. "As have said before, the
rum habit Is one of our greatest enc
mics, and until we get it under control
we will have an uphill struggle to sus-
tain our principles. / deny that am
an autocrat, but in one thing wish to
be. If my word should be law there
would be no more intemperance, and
with no more intemperance there would
soon be fewer labor troubles"
ALCOHOL AS A CAUSE OF DISEASE.
Sir William Gull, M. D., F. r. s.,
says: Zone of the commonest things
in British society is that people are in
jured by drink without being drunk
ards. 1t goes on so quietly that it is
very difficult to observe. There is a
point short of drunkenness In which a
man may very materially injure bis
constitution by means of alcohol. From
my experience, acohol is the most de-
structive agent that we are aware of in
this country. / hardly know any more
potent cause of disease than alcohol. |
A verylarge number of people in So
ciety are dying day by day poisoned
with alcohol"
The Lewiston (Me.) Journal says:
Fear is creeping into the hearts of
liquor-deale:s here and there over the
country. There is too much of bust
ness in the advancing tide of temper
ance reform to suit them"
3 Oliver Wendell Holmes, the scientist,
scholar and poet, says that whenever
the wandering demon of drunkenness
finds ship adrlft, no steady winds in
its sails, o thoughtful pilot directing
it's course, he steps on board, takes the
helm, and steers straight for the mael-
strom."
When a boy we remember to have
seen lot of hogs get "blind drunk"
on some damaged brandy peaches. In
this they were like men. The next
day they "sobered up" and not one OF
them could be tempted to eat brandy
peach. One scent was enough. In
this they are unlike men.-Taltadega
(Ala.) Mountain Home.
ayes, I think temperance is right,
and wish no liquor was sold any
where.n Then vote as you think and
wish, and your prayer will ere long be
Vote for prohibition.-
Pioneer.